Notes & Grammar of 8A

Notes for Reading of Unit 3 1. deal with trouble

1) deal with … : handle (处理，应付，对待) a problem or person;

look after something and do what is necessary; deal – dealt – dealt (1) deal with sb. 对待/对付某人 e.g. He is naughty. Nobody knows how to deal with him.

(2) deal with sth. 处理/应付问题

e.g. Do you know how to deal with the trouble / the case?

deal (n.) a great deal of +不可数名词 大量的 e.g. a great deal of time 大量的时间

(v.&n.) 交易，协议 e.g. We have done a deal with him. 我们已经和他做了一个协议/做一笔生意。

dealer n. 商人 a drug dealer 毒品贩子

2) trouble : problem, difficulty or worry 问题；困难 What’s the trouble / the matter / wrong with you?

(be) in trouble 处于困难中

have trouble (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难 troublesome (adj.) 麻烦的；困难的；讨厌的

2. Paul is writing about an unusual thing which happened to him one day.

保罗正在写(关于)某天发生在他身上的一件不同寻常的事情。 1) write about … 写有关于…… 2) happen (不及物动词)

(1) (sb.) happen to do sth. (某人)碰巧去做某事（否定：happen not to do sth. 或 do not happen to do sth.)

e.g. ① Paul happened to meet an old friend in the bookstore yesterday. ② I didn’t happen to have any time then. (那时我碰巧没有时间。) = I happened not to have any time then. = I happened to have no time then.

(2) (sth.) happen to sb. (某事)碰巧发生在某人身上

e.g. ① You look very sad. What has happened to you? 你看上去很难过。发生了什么事？ ② I hope nothing has happened to my friend. 我希望我的朋友不会遇到什么不测。 比较 happen 和 take place :

(1) 发生 take place （事先计划/安排好的）= happen （偶然遇到/遭到）

(2) 举行 take place = be held e.g. The concert will take place next Sunday. =will be held

3) unusual (元音开头adj.): strange or uncommon 特别的；不寻常的 usual (辅音开头adj.) 通常的

(un)usually (adv.)(不)寻常的；(不)通常的

4) one day (将来/过去)某一天 some day (将来)某一天

3. Today my dad and I were waiting for the ferry when suddenly we heard a big argument. 1) wait – waited – waited – waiting waiter / waitress

wait for … 等待/等候 …… wait to do … 等待/等候去做 …… 2) suddenly (adv.): all at once 突然间；突然地 sudden (adj.) 突然的 3) hear – heard – heard (感官动词)听见，听到

表示动作过程的词语: listen to 听…… look for 寻找…… look at 看…… 表示动作结果的词语: hear 听到/见…… find 找到…… see 看到/见…… hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在做某事